SPICE for Windows

[kenmo]

You guys are a knowledgeable bunch, so I'll ask this here:

Has anyone messed around with SPICE? Yes, the old circuit simulator? The original Berkeley commandline version, not one of the schematic frontends around?

I'm trying to find or compile the latest SPICE (version 3f5) for Windows to mess around with, but:
- most of the compiled versions I find are for Linux
- I've only found bare-bones commandline binaries of older versions
- all the 3f5 binaries I've found are various modifications and have added features/UIs that I don't want
- the source code (here) is in C, which I have little experience with, and it's a giant mess of 50+ folders and hundreds of files - I can't figure out how to compile it

Does anyone have a suggestion, or could someone who knows what they're doing compile it for me? It's only a 1 MB download

[Rook Zimbabwe]

all the 3f5 binaries I've found are various modifications and have added features/UIs that I don't want

But if they work like you know how to make it work and do what you need it to do... why not just use what you know and ignore what that you don't need?

[kenmo]

I'm a purist.

But more importantly - the ultimate goal here is my own super-streamlined SPICE frontend, which becomes pointless and bloated if it is a frontend for someone else's frontend for a commandline simulator.